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Your Social World Explained
A Complete Guide to Socionics, the 16 Personality Types and Relationship Compatibility
Kindle · Paperback · Full-colour hardcover · Audiobook
The foundation book. Your Social World Explained: A Complete Guide to Socionics, the 16 Personality Types and Relationship Compatibility introduces the SLIDE System™ framework — the eight cognitive attitudes, the Model A, and the structure of the sixteen types — before the series breaks each type down individually. If you are new to Socionics or want the full theoretical picture alongside the type-specific volumes, start here.
- A quick test to find your type
- Profiles of all 16 types, grouped into four quadras
- All 16 inter-type relations
- Model A diagrams for every type, and small groups
Covers all sixteen types, all sixteen inter-type relations, and the small group structures that shape how types cluster and interact in the social world.
Revised second edition (2026): redesigned throughout, with new diagrams for every type, relationship and small group.
The book has its own site, yoursocialworldexplained.com, with reader resources and links to every format.
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Then go deeper into your type
A complete 16-book series covering every personality type in the Socionics system. Each volume explains one type's cognitive functions, strengths, blind spots, relationship patterns, and role in the social world — grounded in the SLIDE System™ framework. Available in Kindle from $3.99 per volume, or buy all 16 for $53.72 (prices subject to change).
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Looking for other books on personality theory and Socionics? See the further reading list.